Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 Also sir Iohn of Cambridge the prior of saint Ed|mundsburie, as he would haue fled from them, was taken not far from Mildenhale, and likewise behea|ded,The prior of S. Edmunds|burie sleine. his bodie being left naked in the open field, and no man presuming to burie it, during the space of fiue daies, for feare of the cruell commons. His head was set vpon a pole, and caried before Iohn Wraw and other of those wicked people; the which comming to Burie, and entring the towne in maner of a pro|cession, when they came into the market place where the pillorie stood, as it were in token of the old friendship betwixt the lord chiefe iustice, and the said prior, they made sport with their heads, making them sometime as it were to kisse, other whiles to sound in either others eare. After they had taken their pastime inough herewith, they set both the heads againe aloft vpon the pillorie. After this, they beheaded an other moonke called Dan Iohn de Lakinghuith, whose hed was likewise set by the other two vpon the pillorie. Moreouer, they caused the moonks to come foorth and bring vnto them all such obligations, in which the townesmen stood bound vnto the monasterie for their good abearing; likewise such charters of liberties of the towne of Burie, which king Cnu [...]e the founder of the said monasterie, and his successors had granted to the same: which writings when they had brought foorth, and protested that they knew of no more, the commons would scarselie beleeue them, and there|fore called the townesmen foorth, and bad them sée if that there were all such writings as they thought stood with their aduantage to haue brought to light. The townesmen feigned as though they had beene sorie to see such rule kept against the moonks, where in déed they had set the commons in hand with all these things. To conclude, the commons tooke this order with the moonks, that if the townesmen might not obteine their ancient liberties, by the hauing of those writings, they should declare what the same li|berties were, which they were woont to inioy, and the abbat of Burie, Edmund Brumfield,This Ed|mund Brum|field was c [...]mitted to [...] by the [...] for his sumptous intrusion [...] the abbat [...] [...] Burie. being then in prison at Notingham whom they purposed to deliuer (so that he should celebrat diuine seruice in his mo|nasterie on Midsummer daie next) within fourtie daies after his comming home, should confirme with his seale such charter as was to be deuised and made concerning the same liberties of the said townes|men, and the couent should likewise put there vnto their common seale.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Moreouer, they constreined the moonks to deliuer EEBO page image 435 vnto the townesmen, a crosse and a chalice of fine gold, and other iewels that belonged to the abbeie, be|ing in value aboue the worth of a thousand pounds in monie, the which was to remaine in the hands of the townsmen, vpon this condition, that if Edmund Brumfield being deliuered out of prison inioied the dignitie of abbat there, and with all put his seale to|gither with the couent seale within the time limited, vnto a writing that should conteine the liberties of the towne, that then the same crosse, chalice, and o|ther iewels should be restored vnto the monasterie, or else the same to remaine for euer to the townes|men as forfeited. Such were the dooings of those re|bels in and about the towne of Burie: and the like disorders & breach of peace followed by the commo|tions of the commons in Cambridgeshire, and in the Ile of Elie, resembling the others in slaughters of men, destroieng of houses, and all other sorts of mis|chéefe.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In like maner in Norffolke there was assembled an huge number of those vnrulie countrie people,Iohn Litte|ster capteine o [...] y^e Norfolke rebels. which vnder the guiding of a dier of cloth, common|lie called Iohn Littester, that had dwelt in Norwich, attempted and did all such vngratious feats, as they had heard that other did in other parts of the realme, yea and greater also, putting foorth their hands vnto rapine and robberie. And whereas they were wholie conspired togither, and bent to commit all kind of mischéefe, yet estéeming their owne authoritie to be small,The earle of Suffolke es|capeth from the rebels. they purposed to haue brought William Uf|ford earle of Suffolke into their felowship, that if af|terwards they might happilie be impeached hereaf|ter, for such their naughtie and most wicked doo|ings, they might haue had some shadow or colour, as it were through him, whie they had delt in such vnru|lie sort. But the earle aduertised of their intention, suddenlie rose from supper, and got him awaie by vn|knowne waies, still fleeing from the commons, till at length he got to S. Albons, and so from thence to the king.